Forecasters
Seen
crossing the road there
on
a day that's fair
do
beware
for
there's
weather
forecasters
which
will share
though
unaware.
Wearing
black and brown fur/hair
do
take a second look, stare
for
they'll declare
when
you compare
what
will come this upcoming winter,
rather
mild or harsh weather,
by
what they wear -
precisely,
I swear.
Now
they're not as fast as a hare
(who
may be seen with brown hair)
as
they journey from here to there
determined
on days sunny and fair
to
cross the road or the town square.
Rather,
they're rather
slow
as they crawl there
down
by your feet so be aware
otherwise
their innards you'll wear.
Dependent
on the strips these forecasters wear
we
can forecast the upcoming weather.
They're
known as an accurate forecaster.
If
you need proof, just ask an old timer.
Just
who is it that would dare
to
cross the road without a care
while
quietly declares?
It's
a wooly bear.
Do
you know why the wooly bear crossed the road?
To
accurately forecast the weather, we're told,
for
we know quite often the weather forecasters
inaccurately
report tomorrow's weather.
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* * * *
What gets complained about more
than taxes?
It's
something else that everyday taxes.
It's
the weather -
sometimes
a bother,
but
do we ever stop to consider
the
daily weather's great Creator?
The
One who created the sun, the rain, the snow,
also
created the stormy winds which blow,
the
thunder and lightning which cools the earth,
and
the rainbow's promise when the sun shines forth
as
stormy weather
doesn't
last forever.
He
created the clouds in the heavens above
filled
with showers of his ever-present love
for
rain refreshes the earth
in
turn bringing forth new birth
seen each year when flowers and trees
perfume
the air when there's a breeze.
The
first snowfall each season
is
another reason
to
think of the Creator of delights
as
the first snow somehow delights,
though
perhaps not sleet or hail
if
winter ice impales.
Then
days too hot to go outside
or
days too cold, we stay inside.
The
days we play under the sun
add
up to many days having fun
though
we tend to complain
when
too much rain rains.
Aren't
we in essence complaining about God
when
about the weather we grumble so hard?
It's
something everyone is guilty of
for
it seems it's the pleasant days we love.
And
if we tend to grumble about the weather
it
seems we tend to grumble about whatever.
Grumble
or
murmur
we
are often warned against
as
so complaining, for instance.
Do
not
means
to stop.
Grumbling,
murmuring, complaining
means
our discontentment is showing,
means
we're lack faith and trust
that
God knows what is best for us.
Whereas
thanking or praising
means
believing faith is showing.
As
Philippians 2:15 says,
"shine
like stars in the universe".
So
turn that habit, that curse
into
a blessing, a force
in
which others will see
God's
goodness, and God only.
Creator
of heaven and earth.
Genesis
14:19
Praise
the Lord...
lightning
and hail, snow and clouds,
stormy
winds that do his bidding.
Psalm
148:5
You
heavens above, rain down righteousness;
let
the clouds shower it down.
Let
the earth open wide,
let
salvation spring up,
let
righteousness grow with it;
I,
the Lord, have created it.
Isaiah
45:8
How
long will this wicked community grumble against me?
I
have heard the complaints of these grumbling Israelites.
So
tell them, 'As surely as I live, declares the Lord,
I
will do to you the very things I heard you say.'
Numbers
14:27-28
Do
not grumble...
I
Corinthians 10:10
Don't
grumble against each other...
James
5:9
Do
everything without complaining or arguing,
so
that you may become blameless and pure,
children
of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation,
in
which you shine like stars in the universe.
Philippians
2:14-15
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